27 Facts About Rachid Yazami

Rachid Yazami is a Moroccan scientist, engineer, and inventor.

Rachid Yazami is best known for his critical role in the development of the graphite anode for lithium-ion batteries and his research on fluoride ion batteries.

Rachid Yazami was later promoted to the position of research director and professor in 1998.

In 1980, Rachid Yazami was the first scientist to establish the reversible intercalation of lithium into graphite in an electrochemical cell using a polymer electrolyte.

Rachid Yazami worked on other forms of graphite materials for cathode applications in lithium batteries, including graphite oxide and graphite fluoride.

Rachid Yazami developed a new electrochemical technique based on thermodynamics measurements, which can be applied to assessing a battery's state of charge, state of health, and state of safety.

Rachid Yazami was promoted in 2012 to the Cheng Tsang Man Chair Professor in Energy at the School of Materials Science and Engineering of the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Rachid Yazami served as the Director of Battery Programs at the Energy Research Institute and as a Co-Principal Investigator in TUM Create Center of Electromobility lab.

Rachid Yazami is the inventor involved in close to 180 patents according to the WIPO site.

Rachid Yazami developed a new method based on entropymetry to detect an early stage of an internal short circuit within a battery cell, therefore making batteries safer.

Rachid Yazami is the co-author involved in over 250 published papers and the co-inventor of about 160 patents related to lithium primary and rechargeable batteries and on new battery chemistry based on fluoride ion.

Rachid Yazami served as the President of the International Battery Association and as a Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of several international meetings, including the International Meetings on Lithium Batteries.

Rachid Yazami is the recipient of several research awards, including NATO, NASA, IBA, and the Hawaii Battery Conference.

That same year, Rachid Yazami was a finalist of the Global Energy Award.

In September 2014, Rachid Yazami was appointed by HM the King of Morocco a Corresponding Member of the Hassan II Academy of Sciences and Technologies of Morocco.

Rachid Yazami received the Royal Medal of Intellectual Competency from HM the King of Morocco Mohamed VI, during Throne Day on 30 July 2014.

In March 2016, Rachid Yazami received an award as a finalist of the Marius Lavet Prize of Inventing-Engineers in Paris, France.

On 14 July 2016 Rachid Yazami was awarded the title of Chevalier de la Legion of honor of France.

In November 2018, Rachid Yazami was the recipient of the Takreem Award for Science and Technological Achievement considered as the Arab Scientist of the year.

In February 2020, Rachid Yazami won the Mohammed bin Rashid Medal for Scientific Excellence in the UAE.

In 2020 Rachid Yazami was offered the position of visiting professor at the Private University of Fes.

In 2021 Rachid Yazami was appointed a member of the New Energy Council of Reliance Industries Limited, India.

In 2021 Rachid Yazami was appointed President of the Scientific Board of the Moroccan Institute of Advanced Studies.

In February 2022, Rachid Yazami was appointed a visiting scholar in chemistry at the California Institute of Technology.

In December 2023, Yazami was awarded the VinFuture Grand Prize in Hanoi, along with M Stanley Whittingham, Martin Green, and Akira Yoshino.

However, Rachid Yazami himself was omitted from the award, which was instead given to Stanley Whittingham, John Goodenough, and Akira Yoshino.

Rachid Yazami nevertheless congratulated the three recipients of the prize.